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The second webinar in a series of seminars organized by AIS and AACSB MaCuDE project’s IS task force provides the members of the IS community a preliminary overview of the findings of Stage II of the project. These findings highlight industry needs for big data and analytics based on interviews of around 25 big data / machine learning industry experts and leaders around the globe. The webinar offers also an opportunity for an in-depth discussion on the implications of these findings for future IS curricula. The seminar summarizes initial results of the in-depth interviews of industry experts and discusses some implications for future educational needs. Building on the key observations, the webinar welcomes the participants to join in a conversation to interpret the meaning of these findings for the IS discipline. The discussion will particularly focus on the role of advanced analytics and AI in future business school curricula and the ways in which developments in these areas of study and practice are impacting the field of IS in the business school context. The outcomes of the conversation will inform the MaCuDE IS task force’s Stage II report to this AACSB project as a whole. The seminar will also include commentary notes from some eminent industry experts. Please join us to help ensure that the voice of the AIS community is heard in this important discussion!

Moderators: Kalle Lyytinen (Case Western Reserve University) and Heikki Topi (Bentley University) together with MaCuDE IS task force advisory board members (TBD).

Kalle Lyytinen (PhD, Computer Science, University of Jyväskylä; Dr. h.c. Umeå University, Copenhagen Business School, Lappeenranta University of Technology) is Distinguished University Professor and Iris S. Wolstein professor of Management Design at Case Western Reserve University, and a distinguished visiting professor at Aalto University, Finland. He is among the top five IS scholars in terms of his h-index (93); he has the highest network centrality among IS scholars. He is the LEO Award recipient (2013), AIS Fellow (2004), and the former chair of IFIP WG 8.2 “Information systems and organizations”. He has published over 400 refereed articles and edited or written over 30 books or special issues. He conducts research on digital innovation concerning its nature, dynamics and organization, design work, requirements in large systems, and emerging digital infrastructures. He chairs AACSB MaCuDE project in the Information Systems field.

Heikki Topi is a Professor and Chair of Computer Information Systems at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. His research focuses on systems analysis and design methods and processes, human factors and usability in the context of enterprise systems, and IS education. He is co-author of a leading data management textbook Modern Database Management and a new SA&D textbook Systems Analysis and Design in an Age of Options. He has contributed to international computing curriculum development and evaluation efforts in various leadership roles since early 2000s, including roles of co-chair in IS 2010 and MSIS 2010 and IS representative in CC2005 and CC2020. He serves currently as AIS VP of Education and on ABET CAC, and he has also served on ACM Education Board and on the Board of CSAB, representing both AIS and ACM.